Minnesota MathCounts

Minnesota MathCounts is Minnesota's division of the national mathematics competition, MathCounts. It follows the standard format. There is a Countdown Round, although it does not affect the score. The Countdown Round is a single-elimination tournament involving either 12 or 16 students. In years when only 12 students compete, the four students receiving first-round byes are chosen at random so as to postpone the announcement of the top four students until the awards banquet.

Past Winners and Schools

1999

• 1. Dan Baker (???)
• 2. Brad Froehle (Eden Prairie)
• 3. Dan Herriges (Capitol Hill Magnet)
• 4. John Erickson (St. Louis Park)
• Coach: ??? (Captiol Hill)

2000

• 1. Trent Novak (Blackduck)
• 2. Sophie Rappoport (Twin Cities Jewish Middle School)
• 3. Silas Johnson (Bloomington Hubert Olson)
• 4. James Berglund (Mahtomedi)
• Coach: Bill Boulger (St. Paul Academy)
• Countdown winner: Sam McVeety (St. Paul Academy)

2001

• 1. Dan Gibson (TCJMS)
• 2. Silas Johnson (Bloomington Hubert Olson)
• 3. Patrick Miles (St. Odelia)
• 4. David Buchs (Homeschool)
• Coaches: Diane Roers and Carol Andrus (Bloomington Hubert Olson)
• Countdown winner: Silas Johnson (Olson)

2002

• 1. Patrick Miles (St. Odelia)
• 2. Andy Cochrane (Cook County)
• 3. Eric Lauer-Hunt (Mahtomedi)
• 4. James Benhardus (St. Anthony)
• Coach: ??? (Field Middle School)
• Countdown winner: James Benhardus (St. Anthony)

2003

• 1. Richard Liu (Eden Prairie)
• 2. Andrew Chen (Moorhead)
• 3. Zach Sethna (TCJMS)
• 4. David Krueger (Marshall School)
• Coach: Ken Welken (Moorhead)
• Countdown winner: Shui Hu (Edgewood)

2004

• 1. Shui Hu (Edgewood)
• 2. Jack O'Reilly (Benilde/St. Margaret's)
• 3. Nate Amundson (Kellogg)
• 4. Ethan Degner (???)
• Coaches: Ginnny Amundson, Denise Strom, Nicole Pittenger (Kellogg)

2005

• 1. Kory Kautz (Eden Prairie)
• 2. Chris Mueller (Eden Prairie)
• 3. Daniel Kalla (Capitol Hill)
• 4. Minna Chen (Wayzata East)
• Coach: Alex Ford (Capitol Hill)
• Countdown winner: Mark Strom (Kellogg)

2006

• 1. Denise Chen (Wayzata East)
• 2. Chris Mueller (Eden Prairie)
• 3. Maggie Flint (Field Middle School)
• 4. Andrew Ford (Capitol Hill)
• Coach: Alex Ford (Capitol Hill)
• Countdown winner: Maggie Flint (Field MS)

2007

• 1. Gaurav Singh (Wayzata Central)
• 2. Andrew Ford (St. Louis Park)
• 3. Nathan Salo (Falcon Ridge)
• 4. Soham Shah (Eden Prairie)
• Coaches: Laural Scaife, Nicole Pittenger and Matt Zemke (Kellogg)
• Countdown winner: Justin Scaife (Kellogg)

2008

• 1. Martin Camacho (Virtus Academy Homeschool)
• 2. Nathan Salo (Falcon Ridge)
• 3. Ben Dion
• 4. Sahiba Singh
• Coaches:
• Countdown winner:

Resources

• Minnesota MathCounts
• Minnesota mathematics competitions
• Mathematics competition resources